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9 Adult Halloween Movies Your Kids Can Watch

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Heart is why I suggest you start with these two particular titles. Other than Universal's epic monster series, you can't beat Hammer for a consistent mood and ambience. You can download its free trial version to exam its capability. Vote For Your Fave! Copy the URLs of the Movies into the rectangle box at the bottom, and click the download button , it starts to link the video resource and start to download. After putting the kids to bed, check out Philip Kaufman's remake , which is even better than the original.

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When Sarah wishes that goblins would take her baby brother, the King of the Goblins comes and whisks the boy away to a Labyrinth. Sarah must venture inside and solve it within 13 hours to get her little brother back. Filled with fantastical Jim Henson puppets, this movie has magic enough to enchant the kiddos. Plus, David Bowie is perfect as the brooding, discontent Jareth. The Witches While visiting the seaside with his grandmother, Luke stumbles upon a convention of witches who are hatching a plan to exterminate children.

He must find a way to stop them—a task that seems infinitely harder once he is turned into a mouse. The witches are scary enough to give us a fright—especially when they peel off their human costumes. Beetlejuice A newly dead husband and wife discover that a family of the living has moved into their house, so they hire a crude "bio-exorcist" to scare them off.

Do we need to say more? Coraline Based on Neil Gaiman's popular "children's horror" novel, Coraline is in many ways similar to Alice in Wonderland —only creepier. Unhappy about relocating to a new house and leaving all her friends behind, the gutsy heroine discovers a door to an alternative world. There she finds attentive, doting versions of her real parents and other exciting wonders.

But this new world is more dangerous than it seems and Coraline must find a way to rescue her family and herself. Frankenweenie Another film from the master of all things creepy, Tim Burton, this spooky film follows Victor as he attempts to bring his beloved pet Sparky back to life. This film borders on scary without going too far, making it perfect for bigger kids. Gremlins Gremlins are the original Furbies. Thankfully, Furby never multiplied after getting wet or turned into a trouble-causing reptile.

While the film doesn't revolve around Halloween, watching these little monsters cause chaos is totally in the spirit of this trick-or-treating holiday. Corpse Bride This is another gem from Tim Burton's twisted imagination. Victor, a nervous and clumsy young man, accidentally marries a dead bride. Young Frankenstein Mel Brooks directed this wacky comedy about Doctor Frankenstein's grandson who follows in his mad scientist footsteps. The slapstick comedy and juvenile gags will draw kids in.

The film is a fun parody of classic horror movies, so if your children are always begging to stay up and watch the scarier stuff with you—this is a good compromise. Hocus Pocus A boy who is charged with keeping an eye on his nosy little sister on Halloween night accidentally unleashes the Sanderson Sisters—three witches from the Salem witch trials that suck the youth from little girls.

Best part of the movie? The Addams Family Halloween is a great reason to introduce your older kids to this creepy classic. Moody tweens will love Wednesday and Pugsley, and parents will get to soak up screen legends like Anjelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd in this witty comedy.

This spooky cult classic is endlessly entertaining and touches on family, young love, fitting in, and so many other topics that will resonate with teens. Skip to main content. TV and Movies , Halloween , Halloween: We like Professor Selambre and we really like his invention. Then it all goes horribly awry. Why did Selambre's wife Patricia Owens murder her husband by crushing the top half of his body in an industrial hydraulic press?

Wisely, 20th Century-Fox understand how special this story could be and put some real money into the budget. The glorious result of the widescreen color is a tense, frightening and tragic horror film that has the added subtext of looking and feeling like a Douglas Sirk melodrama. And then there's Vincent Price, who was just starting what would become one of the great horror careers in all of Hollywood.

The Pit and the Pendulum As a director and producer, his resume includes some credits, including a well-deserved Honorary Academy Award. Corman is responsible for a lot of quickie crap but proved himself to be an honest-to-goodness artist between and with eight Edgar Allen Poe adaptations, seven of which starred The Mighty Vincent Price.

But it is Corman's exquisite direction Floyd Crosby's cinematography, and Price's brilliantly coy performance that, by design, make it all seem like a terrible minute dream. The story takes its eerie time laying the pipe for a closing 30 minutes that will have you begging to wake up.

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave Choosing only one of the dozens of luscious Hammer horror films was no easy task. There might be a better pick out there, but this particular title has the added benefit of being part of what is the most iconic series that came from Hammer studios, one of the seven Dracula films starring Christopher Lee in the title role.

While there's nothing more than some gushing blood wooden stakes will do that and heaving cleavage, what we have here is a PG movie. On top of the obvious, "Risen," which is technically the second in the series it's complicated , has a lovely subplot about the importance of religious faith and a closing half hour that will turn even the darkest of knuckles white.

Other than Universal's epic monster series, you can't beat Hammer for a consistent mood and ambience. Rich colors, wonderful on-location outdoor photography, the haunting sound of an approaching carriage, big bosomed maidens, drawing rooms…. As times changed, the Hammer series changed with them, so don't make the mistake of assuming it is okay to show the yung'uns the next in the Dracula series.

Part three, 's "Taste the Blood of Dracula," which picks up exactly where "Risen" leaves off, is absolutely terrific but also R-rated and very dark. The Night Stalker Suddenl, the competent authority figures of the past were either helpless or in on it, and society itself was rife with dark and dangerous secrets. Darren McGavin is absolutely superb as Carl Kolchak, a Las Vegas reporter who figures out that a bona fide vampire is preying on the underclass hookers, exotic dancers for his nightly feeding.

The Count is, however, the least of Kolchak's problems. City officials, the police, and even his own newspaper are all in on the cover up. The aforementioned Richard Matheson scripted a perfect 72 minutes here.

And the only thing that feels dated is buying into the idea that there once existed a journalist who would risk it all to tell the truth. The eighties are primarily remembered as the era of the slasher movie, and I just can't think of one that would be safe for the kiddies. But the eighties also brought Reagan-era horror to the suburbs. My favorite stuff is the stop-motion effects -- an art-form murdered by the cold, heartless reality of CGI.

Another PG entry, primarily for the intensity of the scares. Again, take a look for yourself before showing it to your 8 year-old. But what would this list be without a haunted house thriller? View the discussion thread. Both are outright cinematic masterpieces that never get old.